I started playing with RPG Maker, a little under a year ago. I still have the idea for the game I "invented" (I didn't do much on it, as I wanted to make my own sprites and uh, pixelling is not my forte), but I might re-write it as a story.

Anyway, point is, I know it's huge amounts of fun! And if you ever get anything workable out of it, I'd be happy to test it for you :) (also I just stopped being a student, too. Free time is scary, huh? ;) )